2001 – University Professor at the Jagiellonian University
1996 – Habilitation
Postdoctoral degree in natural sciences, in the field of Earth sciences, specializing in geology at the Jagiellonian University
1990 – PhD
Jagiellonian University, Doctoral degree in the field of Earth sciences, specializing in geology
Dissertation topic: "Trace fossils in the Krynica and Bystrzyckie zones of the Magura Plateau (Polish Outer Carpathians)"
1984 – Master's Degree
Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences
Thesis topic: "Choczańska Jura in the Kościeliska Valley region"
Positions Held
Since 2013 – Member of the Committee for the Evaluation of Scientific Units
2012-2016 – Deputy member of the Standing Senate Committee on Academic Staff and Professorial Competitions at Jagiellonian University
2002-2008 – Director of the Institute of Geological Sciences at Jagiellonian University
2002-2005 – Member of the Faculty Competition Committee
2000-2002 – Member of the Faculty Committee for the 5th Framework Program of the European Union
2000-2002 – Representative of the Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences in the Program Board of Mathematical and Natural Sciences Studies
1999-2002 – Member of the Faculty Committee for the Socrates/Erasmus Program
1996-1997 – Member of the Disciplinary Committee for Academic Teachers at Jagiellonian University
Since 1996 – Member of scientific councils: Faculty of Geography and Geology (since 2018), Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences at Jagiellonian University (1996-2018), Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences (terms 2007-2010 and 2011-2014), Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences (terms 2007-2010 and 2011-2014), Polish Geological Institute (2008-2011)
Awards and Honours
Jagiellonian University Rector's Award for outstanding scientific achievements in the years 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005-2008, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Ministry of Environment Award for special scientific-research achievements in the field of environmental protection, shaping, and use, and its resources (Stratigraphic Tables of Poland-Carpathians; Ministry of Environment; Alfred Uchman, Nestor Oszczypko, 2009)
Jubilee Award of the Jagiellonian University Rector for work at the university – 2004, 2009
Wawrzyniec Teisseyre's Scientific Award of the Seventh Division of Earth Sciences and Mining of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 1999
Henryk Świdziński Scientific Award, Polish Geological Society, 1999
Ludwik Zejszner Scientific Award, Polish Geological Society, 1992
K. Beres Scholarship for young science workers, Polish Geological Society, 1990
Scientific Interests
Invertebrate ichnology
Stratigraphy and sedimentology
Selected Scientific Publications
Hsieh, S.-N., Ninard, K., Uchman, A., Łaska, W. & Łapcik, P., 2023. Mammal tracks record anthropogenic environmental influence in late-Holocene inland dunes of the European Sand Belt, Poland. Holocene, 33(1): 61–80. doi.org/10.1177/09596836221126130
Hsieh, S.-N. & Uchman, A., 2022. Persistent similarities among hoofed mammal tracks across the Cenozoic revealed through Fourier outline shape analysis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 42(1): e2119148. doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2022.2119148
Pieńkowski, G., Uchman, A., Ninard, K. & Hesselbo, S. P., 2021. Ichnology, sedimentology, and orbital cycles in the hemipelagic Early Jurassic Laurasian Seaway (Pliensbachian, Cardigan Bay Basin, UK). Global and Planetary Change, 207: 103648. doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103648
Uchman, A., Johnson, M. E., Ramalho, R. S., Quartau, R., Berning, B., Hipólito, A., Melo, C. S., Rebelo, A. C., Cordeiro, R. & Ávila, S. P., 2020. Neogene marine sediments and biota encapsulated between lava flows on Santa Maria Island (Azores, north‐east Atlantic): an interplay between sedimentary, erosional and volcanic processes. Sedimentology, 67(7): 3595–3618. doi.org/10.1111/sed.12763
Uchman, A. & Rattazzi, B., 2019. The trace fossil Circulichnis as a record of feeding exploration: new data from deep-sea Oligocene-Miocene deposits of northern Italy. Comptes Rendus Palevol, 18(1): 1–12. doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2018.05.002
International Experience
1992-1994, 1996 – Humboldt Foundation Scholarship at the Institute of Paleontology, University of Würzburg, Germany
1992 – Z. Pełczyński Scholarship, Oxford, England
Field research in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece, Sweden, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Norway (including Spitsbergen), Denmark, Germany, Ukraine, USA, China, India, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Albania, Tunisia, Turkey
Conference stays, field sessions, and others in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Venezuela, Egypt, Bahamas, Latvia, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, England, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Macedonia
Organization and Participation in Scientific Conferences
International Ichnofabric Workshop – Çanakkale, Turkey – member of the scientific committee, co-leading field sessions
LXXIX Congress of the Polish Geological Society, Bukowina Tatrzańska, 2010 – co-chair
International Congress on Ichnology, Krakow, 2008 – president
Workshop on Ichnotaxonomy, Krakow, and Tymbark – organizer and facilitator
Congress of the Polish Geological Society in Koninki, 1992 – secretary
Membership in Scientific Organizations
Polish Geological Society – member of the Audit Committee of the Krakow Branch – 2011-2014; member of the Main Board – 2003-2005
Corresponding member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences – since 2011
Member of the Committee on Geological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences – terms 2007-2010 and 2011-2014
International Ichnological Association – member since 2010, president since 2012
Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association – national representative since 2012
International Association of Sedimentologists – 2001-2007
Editorial Membership in Scientific Journals
Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae – Editor-in-Chief – since 2012
Acta Geologica Polonica – member of the Advisory Board – since 2010
Geologica Carpathica – member of the Advisory Board – since 2008
Volumina Jurassica – member of the Editorial Board – since 2005
